New approaches to funding; public/private sector partnerships
Investment funds; the role of the private sector (i.e. put more money behind schooling, make it commercial, better rewards for teachers and so on)
Education investment funds: how do they contribute to improving education outcomes?
Speakers
Dr Taddy Blecher, CEO of Community and Individual Development Association and CEO of the Maharishi Institute in South Africa
creating self-funding institutions (his case study is the Maharishi Institute in Johannesburg), creating institutions where students pay no fees, and earn while theyre there. Maharishi will educate up to 2000 students a year, full time education, at no cost to them or the state.
students adding value to community and business as they earn while they learn (Maharishi provides outsourcing capabilities for companies)
experiences with government funding, where it falls down in real life - in South Africa, dropout rates were still very high, as students needed to earn a living to support their families
where else can funding come from? How to really create win-win with companies when fundraising, not just handouts, promoting sustainable relationships because of joint benefits.
save expenditure by using recycled computers, software, books, furniture to set up institutions.
thereby removing costs (harnessing what is available) and creating entrepreneurial spirit
Aaron Brenner, Founder of KIPP SHINE Prep and head of Primary Schools for KIPP Houston François Barrault, former CEO BT Global Services
Alfredo and Alfonso plan to talk about how to best fund education in order to ensure education choice freedom. We think our proposal complements Taddy's one. Ours is perhaps more centered on developed countries, where children do not need to earn money while at school.
- We start from two premises: 1. Parents are the main and direct responsible for the their children's education. 2. The role of the State is subsidiary
- Parents have the right th choose the kind of education they want for their children.
- Public schools do no offer a sufficient diversity and plurality to warrant free choice. Private schools do.
- If the State only funds public schools, then only rich families can choose the education they want. Poor families must accept the State-ruled education.
- Some States partially fund some private schools. But in this way, the State keeps the power over the schools, and then diversity and plurality decrease.
- The "school voucher", as an aid given directly to families to spend in the school they want, enables all families to choose the kind of education they want. Besides, efficacy and academic achievement improve. This is the case, among others, of the Lomabrdia Region in Italy.
Possible contribution from Ralph Tabberer ·Global appetite for great schools is growing and governments are finding it harder and harder to meet that demand – public school reform measures are not moving fast enough ·Financial constraints, worldwide, now exacerbate the problem ·Charitable bodies cannot fill the gap ·Governments need to engage the private sector on better partnership terms ·Not just as small, one-off providers of niche solutions ·Nor just through the lumbering, centrally-controlled models of PPP that are proliferating ·Governments need to consider radical options: eg voucher systems (glowing example is Sweden) ·And we all need to consider other ways to enable, encourage and build a new global industry in schooling ·It’s largely about trusting consumers to drive the main part of the market, as much as governments and their providers ·While working together between the public and private sectors, to protect the interests of the poor and the under-privileged
FUNDING EDUCATION
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Discussions
New approaches to funding; public/private sector partnerships
Investment funds; the role of the private sector (i.e. put more money behind schooling, make it commercial, better rewards for teachers and so on)
Education investment funds: how do they contribute to improving education outcomes?
Speakers
Dr Taddy Blecher, CEO of Community and Individual Development Association and CEO of the Maharishi Institute in South AfricaAaron Brenner, Founder of KIPP SHINE Prep and head of Primary Schools for KIPP Houston
François Barrault, former CEO BT Global Services
Stream contributors
Professor Mohamed Ketata, Director, IUT RouenProfessor Alfredo Rodriguez Sedano and Professor Alfonso Osorio, Department of Education, University of Navarra, Spain
Alfredo and Alfonso plan to talk about how to best fund education in order to ensure education choice freedom. We think our proposal complements Taddy's one. Ours is perhaps more centered on developed countries, where children do not need to earn money while at school.
- We start from two premises: 1. Parents are the main and direct responsible for the their children's education. 2. The role of the State is subsidiary
- Parents have the right th choose the kind of education they want for their children.
- Public schools do no offer a sufficient diversity and plurality to warrant free choice. Private schools do.
- If the State only funds public schools, then only rich families can choose the education they want. Poor families must accept the State-ruled education.
- Some States partially fund some private schools. But in this way, the State keeps the power over the schools, and then diversity and plurality decrease.
- The "school voucher", as an aid given directly to families to spend in the school they want, enables all families to choose the kind of education they want. Besides, efficacy and academic achievement improve. This is the case, among others, of the Lomabrdia Region in Italy.
Stream leader
Professor Ralph Tabberer, Chief Schools Officer, GEMSPossible contribution from Ralph Tabberer
· Global appetite for great schools is growing and governments are finding it harder and harder to meet that demand – public school reform measures are not moving fast enough
· Financial constraints, worldwide, now exacerbate the problem
· Charitable bodies cannot fill the gap
· Governments need to engage the private sector on better partnership terms
· Not just as small, one-off providers of niche solutions
· Nor just through the lumbering, centrally-controlled models of PPP that are proliferating
· Governments need to consider radical options: eg voucher systems (glowing example is Sweden)
· And we all need to consider other ways to enable, encourage and build a new global industry in schooling
· It’s largely about trusting consumers to drive the main part of the market, as much as governments and their providers
· While working together between the public and private sectors, to protect the interests of the poor and the under-privileged